Between Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Big Mouth and her Netflix comedy special, Chelsea Peretti is one of the funniest and most successful women working in entertainment today. She’s also, as her Instagram followers found out on Saturday, an eater of cake… sans frosting. As she explained rather simply in the post, “this is how [I] eat cake.” Of course, there’s nothing wrong with not eating the frosting on a cake, or any other sweet dessert for that matter, but that didn’t stop Twitter from latching onto Peretti’s preference and launching it into the viral stratosphere.
The comedian took notice of her newfound viral fame on Sunday, posting a screenshot of the Twitter moment highlighting it and adding the question, “is this a fever dream”?
To be fair to her detractors, the visual Peretti presented is quite alarming, as she has essentially hollowed out a chocolate cake while leaving its three layers of frosting behind. So yeah, to most people her plate probably makes it look like there’s a lot of desserts left. Then again, if you agree with the comic and believe that cake frosting is the worst part of all cakes, then leaving behind a graveyard of untouched toppings isn’t all that big of a deal:
https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/1040832522802814976
Is there such a thing as a good take? Bc this qualifies as such https://t.co/4MpdLjzB7R
— Kaleena (@KaleenaRivera) September 16, 2018
I eat it this way so I can save the frosting for last because I LOOOOOVE FROSTING https://t.co/c3zink4BCH
— Justin Reece (@KyloReece) September 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/_boolinda_/status/1041183512966115328
Anyone else do this? I’d like to be friends so I can eat your frosting 👋🏼 https://t.co/CmOHbY4p4g
— Rosie (@RosieLondoner) September 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/AmirTalai/status/1041361323446087680
Except, of course, for when it is:
OMG pic.twitter.com/Fsvkrhpw6E
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 15, 2018
Honestly, eating cake like this should be illegal https://t.co/KWszaN1H3c
— luke (@lukeislokey) September 16, 2018
.@chelseaperetti You are clearly disturbed and should seek help as soon as you've sent me your leftover frosting. https://t.co/Dx9nBMHIJR
— Katy Chance (@ChanceComments) September 16, 2018
The "home on Friday" part stings. It was a long week, okay? https://t.co/HHQZv0i3pY
— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 15, 2018
She’s a witch – Burn her!!! https://t.co/M8oS7Z7xGc
— bert kreischer (@bertkreischer) September 15, 2018
Despite the hilarious wave of “hate” she endured, Peretti stood by her life choice. In fact, she jokingly declared that such reactions were “welcome”:
IN THIS CASE ONLY hate is welcome
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) September 16, 2018